Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सूर्यो नीरोगतां दद्याद्भक्त्या यैः पूज्यते हि सः । चातुर्मास्ये समायाते विशेषफलदो नृणाम्

Transliteration

sūryo nīrogatāṃ dadyādbhaktyā yaiḥ pūjyate hi saḥ | cāturmāsye samāyāte viśeṣaphalado nṛṇām

Translation

Le Soleil accorde l’absence de maladie à ceux qui le vénèrent avec dévotion. Et lorsque survient la saison sacrée de Cāturmāsya, ce culte donne aux hommes un fruit tout particulier.

Word by Word

• सूर्यः: the Sun (god)
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• नीरोगताम्: health, freedom from disease
• नीरोगताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīroga (प्रातिपदिक) + -tā (तद्धित/भावप्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (abstract noun: “health”)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun: “by whom/with which”)

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: “is worshipped”)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु (particle)

• सः: he (the Sun)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• समायाते: when (it) has arrived
• समायाते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√yā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative absolute: “when it has come”)

• विशेषफलदः: giver of special fruits (results)
• विशेषफलदः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘सूर्यः’). समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विशेषं फलं ददाति)

• नृणाम्: of men, for people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Beneficiary relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

Speaker

Unknown (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic teacher addressing a listener within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers sunrise arghya to the radiant Sūrya during monsoon-season Cāturmāsya, with a disciplined, healing-focused devotional mood.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship, especially in Cāturmāsya, multiplies merit and supports both bodily well-being and dharmic uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is framed within Tīrthamāhātmya, but this line itself emphasizes the sacred season (Cāturmāsya) rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-based worship (pūjā) of Sūrya, highlighted as especially fruitful during Cāturmāsya.